Dallas Reporter Ambushes Crime Victim and Accuses Him Of Being Trigger Happy

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You've got to read some of the comments on the Uncle Barky link... like this one from "Pam"

Hello !!! It's over,get over it, get on with it. She did nothing wrong. Yes, she was a little aggressive, It is what it is.

or "TruthTeller"

Rebecca was fair and she asked the tough questions that needed to be asked. The guy killed two people in two weeks. It doesn't matter how old he is or if his actions were legal. A rational person wants to know if there's more to the story, and luckily Rebecca wasn't afraid to ask.

or "peeping Thomist"

You people who are outraged over this are nuts. A perfectly normal story, asking him the questions I wanted asked, and asking them in a respectful way. This is what reporters do.

I suspected it before, but now that I've seen the report I'm really starting to think that Fox must have had some other reason for firing her and they are just using this as a pretext. Yes, there is a fringe element that found her report offensive

It sounds to me like some of these guys don't grasp that what they consider acceptable is not the norm for behavior.
 
Originally Posted by Rebecca Aguilar
"I don't know if I'll survive without a blemish," she says. "Every time you Google my name now it's like 'Aguilar, suspension or ambush.' Before it was 'Aguilar, award-winner.' It's changed in a week."

That's truly awful, Ms. Aguilar! There's indeed something wrong when this country's freedoms are employed for the purpose of destroying another person's reputation.

You should report Google to the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and have Rafael Olmeda, the NAHJ President, write one of his strong letters of protest.

We need to stop this flagrant abuse of you. No one has picked on any other reporter for ambushing that old man who exercised his right of self defense under Texas law and was cleared by the police who investigated.

A Google search doesn't show any name but "Rebecca Aguilar" as having done such a thing, which is clear evidence that you are the victim of discrimination.

Of course no other reporter did do any of those things to that seventy-year-old man, but that's not the point! We shouldn't let the facts, the law, or those darned cops get in your way. You're special, and people ought to feel sorry for you and stop ruining your reputation by objecting to what you did. They have no right to do it.
 
I usually reserve hope for antis in that anyone can be rehabilitated if shown their actions were wrong with factual data and logic. ,but her arrogance is too grandiose and she actually is dillusional enough to think that her actions were the result of noble journalism. I don't believe there is hope for her in ever seeing the light. Its a shame. Its like talking to a brick wall and running against the wind of a hurricane.
I'm truly an idealist when it comes to pro RKBA evangilism, but I don't believe that there is hope for her and her ilk, especially since now the race card is being played and she is being portrayed as the victim. Truly sad.
 
I don't remember if anyone has pointed out some of the background to what Rebecca Aguilar did to seventy-year-old James Walton by ambushing him for resisting several invasions of his property. Keep in mind that Walton's lives above his office on the junkyard and that the property has a chainlink fence around it to keep out intruders.

With that in mind, it's useful to know that on March 27, 2007, Governor Perry signed into law a bill expanding the castle doctrine rights of Texans. What James Walton did was legal in Texas and his actions passed police investigation. Here's a Dallas Morning News report of the signing. The law is irrelevant to Rebecca Aguilar and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, of course, and everyone who disagrees is a rascist. All journalists are special but Hispanic Journalists are more special.

Perry signs 'castle doctrine' bill

06:51 PM CDT on Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Associated Press


AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry signed into law Tuesday a bill that gives Texans a stronger legal right to defend themselves with deadly force in their homes, cars and workplaces.

Both chambers of the Legislature overwhelmingly approved the measure earlier this month. The bill, backed by the National Rifle Association, states that a person has no duty to retreat from an intruder before using deadly force.

"The right to defend oneself from an imminent act of harm should not only be clearly defined in Texas law, but it is intuitive to human nature. You ought to be able to protect yourself," Perry said, surrounded by lawmakers who pushed for the law.

This is the first bill-signing this legislative session by the Republican governor. The law takes effect Sept. 1.

"This is reasonable legislation," Perry said.

The building or vehicle must be occupied at the time for the deadly force provision to apply, and the person using force cannot provoke the attacker or be involved in criminal activity at the time.

Some refer to the measure as the "castle doctrine," drawing from the idea that a man's home is his castle and that he should have the right to defend it.

Fifteen other states have passed similar laws. Texas is the first state to pass such a law this year, said Rep. Joe Driver, a Garland Republican who sponsored the measure.

Sen. Jeff Wentworth, a San Antonio Republican who pressed the issue in his chamber, said the law changes previous Texas law that in some cases requires a person to retreat from an intruder.

The new law will also provide civil immunity for a person who lawfully uses deadly force in any of the circumstances spelled out in the bill. Police and prosecutors can still press charges if they feel deadly force was illegally used, legislative sponsors said.
 
Well, I have to admit I was wrong earlier about reaching out. After reading comments from some of the local media in the Uncle Barky thread and the Dallas Observer, I am just amazed at the arrogance and the disconnect from their viewers. Reaching out would have been pointless because these guys think that behavior is A-OK. They are still puzzled why it caused such an uproar. They think it must be someone's secret agenda at work because they can't fathom why people would find it offensive for a reporter to ask an elderly crime victim "provocative" questions.

El Tejon's assessment is dead-on.
 
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MR. ROBERTS:you saw the light.thru 6 pages you finaly saw the light.
I'v been around a long time 83 yr.the socialists agender is like religion to them.
then theres the idiots that follow.:uhoh::fire::banghead::cuss::):)
 
Weak!!

Fox4 reportedly suspends three more 10/26/07 04:26 PM Reliable sources say
that Fox4 has suspended three off-camera staffers in connection with the
exhaustively debated Rebecca Aguilar interview that still has the veteran
reporter on indefinite suspension.

The station has suspended a managing editor, editor and the story's
photographer, reportedly for two days each. Aguilar was suspended on Oct.
16th in connected with her controversial parking lot interview of
70-year-old property defender James Walton, who had just bought a new
shotgun after killing two would-be burglars in three weeks time at his West
Dallas salvage business.

A call to Fox4 general manager Kathy Saunders' office was not immediately
returned Friday afternoon. Saunders was said to be having a meeting in her
office. This dispatch wasn't posted until an hour after the call was
placed.

http://community.myfoxdfw.com/blogs...uspends_three_more_from_Rebecca_Aguilar_Story

http://unclebarky.com/abovethefold_files/a9b2a55f70d785d4703ce2afe497ff87-548.html
 
Its working. Rebecca Aguilar and other "reporters" will think twice before trying to pull this kind of crap again. Can you say "Zumbo'd"?

I knew you could.
 
Please excuse the typo's as I was rushing to write it and my spell check is down.

My Letter:

Hello,
I am taking the time to write you because I have just seen the interview of Able Walton, by Rebecca Aguilar. I am very concerned that the personal bias and attack on Mr. Walton by Aguilar is common practice by Fox. Surely your station wont condone such negative and agressive attacks on law bidding citizens? I hope that Ms. Aguilar does not go unpunished for this attrosity. Her effort to put a negative twist on a story that could have had a much more negative outcome: ie: robbers steal everything, a honest lawbidding citizen is harmed, and they go unpunished. is dishonest and should not be tolerated.
Sincerely
Russell Koster
 
Sorry to be a Johnny-come-lately but is there a working link to the interview? (I have checked ALL the links in the preceding posts and all are yanked).
If I see the video, maybe I can give that news station a comment from across the pond.
 
Update: Ms. Aguilar was subsequently fired from KDFW. She sued the station for discrimination (which is ironic since it has both more minority reporters than any other local station and the only local minority news director). Jurors in Dallas recently heard six days of testimony on this case and returned a unanimous verdict in one hour against Ms. Aguilar. No award for her and she will be paying KDFW's attorneys fees.

In comments to the press afterwards, Ms. Aguilar blamed the verdict on an insufficient number of minorities on the jury.
 
Actions have consequences! Maybe she has learned that lesson...or maybe not! It's difficult to leave your personal biases home when your job is to report the news, but she chose that line of work! I'm sure one of the more liberal news outlets would appreciate having her on their staff.
 
In comments to the press afterwards, Ms. Aguilar blamed the verdict on an insufficient number of minorities on the jury.

People tend to want to blame anyone but themselves. Having more minorities on the jury would not have mattered. It was a very quick unanimous decision.

The station did her no wrong. After the incident, they put on her paid leave until her contract ran out and simply opted not to renew the contract.
 
A biased news reporter was fired for conducting an interview that amounted to an attack on a old man who killed a human predator. The reporter claimed illegal termination: She sued and lost, end of story.
 
People tend to want to blame anyone but themselves. Having more minorities on the jury would not have mattered. It was a very quick unanimous decision.

The station did her no wrong. After the incident, they put on her paid leave until her contract ran out and simply opted not to renew the contract.
I don't see any minority angle in this case. It wouldn't have mattered if the jury was all minority, verdict would have been the same. Miss Aguilar is an individual good or bad, her character does not in any way define her minority group. Its very hard if not impossible to find any group minority or not, who would show much sympathy for a predator and tolerate harassing the victim after the fact. Most of the time yopu get controversial taking of sides, its plainly because there were gray facts in an incident, and someone's identity may then affect their views, but that also cuts both ways. Glad justice was served in this case.

Now quit bringing dead threads back to life! :evil:
 
I don't see any minority angle in this case.

I am not sure I follow your point or why you quoted me, but you did state a lot of what I said.

Simply put, whily you may not have seen a minority angle to this case, Ms. Aguilar absolutely did and blamed her loss on a lack of minorities in the jury.

She tryed to be a Big Shot Get'em Reporter and it bit her in the Rear!

Actually, she was something of a local Big Shot reporter. She had a very good career with a strong following and had numerous awards for her work.
 
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